Archive for July 2nd, 2009

IRVINE, Calif. — July 2, 2009 — Sonnet Technologies today announced a new, faster 1TB version of its multiple-award-winning Fusion™ F2 portable two-drive RAID SATA storage system that employs 7,200-RPM drives. The fastest storage solution of its kind, the system offers 20 percent faster performance than the original Fusion F2 1TB model with up to 190 MB/sec read and write sustained data transfer rates, and may be bus-powered to enable usage when grid power is unavailable. The diminutive system consists of two 2.5-inch, 500MB drives mounted side by side in a rugged aluminum enclosure, features two eSATA data ports for maximum data throughput, and is designed for use with the Sonnet Tempo™ SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 controller for MacBook® Pro and Windows® notebooks. more

IRVINE, Calif. — July 2, 2009 — Sonnet Technologies today announced that it has reduced the price of its Tempo™ SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 to $199.95, a reduction of $100. The fastest 2-port eSATA controller available for ExpressCard slots, the SATA card supports sustained data throughput of up to 200 MB/sec. Unlike most other eSATA ExpressCard adapters, the Tempo SATA Pro supports 4 GB and 8 GB of RAM in MacBook® Pro computers. more

Universal Pictures’ new action-thriller “Public Enemies� was shot with Sony F23 professional high-definition cameras and captured on Sony HDCAM SR cassettes. Co-writer/director/producer Michael Mann and co-producer/2nd unit director Bryan Carroll had specific HD production needs to realistically capture the look of 1930s America and overcome the challenges of shooting a period piece. more

* 2U 19� rack-mounted DAS, NAS, iSCSI, or FC SAN
* Designed for corporate IT and post-production companies
* Extensive storage scalability from 6TB to 60TB per system
* No downtime with redundant hot-swappable elements
* LaCie Advance Care Option included
* Mac, Windows, Linux environment ready more

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 1, 2009 – HP today announced the immediate integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 2400 Series processor into the award-winning family of HP Workstations. more

HUNT VALLEY, Md. – Renegade, an advertising and production agency with in-house facilities, is proud to announce that GREY ADKINS has been selected to receive the Renegade Spirit Scholarship in honor of Jennifer Leo Stine. LINDSEY GILES and MELISSA K. LONSDALE have been selected to receive the Susan A. Watkins Scholarship, which was created by Renegade CEO and President Tim Watkins and his wife Susan. more

Blackmagic Design announced support for the OpenGearâ„¢ standard for rack mount converters and processing products with the introduction of 8 new OpenGear converters at NAB 2009.

These converters’ features are virtually identical to Blackmagic Design’s popular Mini Converter range, and the new OpenGear Converter range include models for analog video, HDMI, audio and optical fiber to and from SDI. more

Gravity Provides Advanced Features and Ease of Use for New Danish Parliament TV Asset Management System

BEGBROKE, OXFORD, UK — A state-of-the-art SSL Gravity MAM (Media Asset Management) system coupled to a Snell automation system will be instrumental in bringing Danish Parliament TV to the digital terrestrial network when national digital switchover occurs on November 1, 2009. more

Stage Research, show sound and lighting software designers, will be providing a day of SFX training to students on July 15th at the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas (SILV) Experience-Based Technical Theatre Training Program (now in its 3rd year). more